MOTEK RENEWS CHARGE into 3PL MARKET with BILLING
Real-time, rules-based billing is the latest "must-have" feature for 3PLs

BEVERLY HILLS, CA (July 20, 2002) - As part of its strategic push into an underserved marketplace, Motek announced that rules-based billing would henceforth be a standard part of its Priya warehouse management software (WMS). Already uniquely suited to third-party logistics (3PL) providers, Priya now boasts a feature that most 3PL companies say they can't do without. Configurable rules for storage and handling allow the accurate tracking and calculation of charges for different owners, from the moment inventory is received to the time it is shipped.

"Having rules-based functionality means that 3PL providers can set up billing rules based on existing contracts with their customers," explains Motek’s Vice President of Sales Dan Waters. "Neither the software nor the contract will require modification." 3PLs can use Priya to calculate charges based on factors such as owner, vendor, product, product type, pack size, weight, pallet, or unit of measure. Priya begins calculating charges when a product is received and accounts for initial and fixed storage charges based on the date of receipt. Warehouses that previously relied on manual inventory counts to calculate billing charges will now have access to real-time billing information.

"We took a long hard look at other WMS products," said Tom Martineau, Motek's Chief Information Officer, "and found that none of them have this level of billing functionality. We believe that this will be another strong differentiator for Priya in the marketplace." Priya has the ability to export billing charges to third-party billing or accounting packages."There are billing packages out there for 3PLs," adds Martineau, "but I don't know of any that are closely integrated into a warehouse management system."

Like all upgrades to Priya, this one is available free of charge to Motek's customers.